Su Chuanlin and Xiang Niannian stayed in the hospital for more than two hours. During this time, Li Xiaomei woke up and saw them. Even though she was weak, she couldn't stop smiling.

For Li Xiaomei, these children are all her grandchildren. She feels that even though she is about to enter her coffin, having so many children around her is a priceless treasure and a source of happiness.

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After Su Chuanlin and Xiang Niannian came out, Xiang Niannian didn't say anything, but walked at an unusually fast pace.

Su Chuanlin immediately sensed something was wrong. Just as he was about to follow, he saw Xiang Niannian turn around abruptly and say anxiously, "Su Chuanlin, I have something to do, so I'll leave first. You don't need to see me off; I can take a taxi myself."

After saying that, she ran out of the hospital, hailed a taxi, got in, and left.

Su Chuanlin didn't chase after them, but watched.

Did he push people too far?

But he was too busy with work to come see her the next day, and his family thought he was an impatient person, so waiting was torture for him.

Thinking this, Su Chuanlin sent a message to Nan Sheng.

【Sheng Sheng, what did Xiang Niannian say during your chat just now?】

Once inside the taxi, Xiang Niannian looked out the window at Su Chuanlin in the back and didn't know how to express her thoughts.

After what just happened, she realized that she was wrong in this regard.

Indeed, she gave Su Chuanlin a chance, which meant that they would take a next step sooner or later. As for what that next step would be, she had a vague idea in her heart.

Just then, my phone rang.

Xiang Niannian picked it up and saw that it was her mother Zhang Wenyan's phone call.

This was the first time her mother had called her in more than six months.

As Xiang Niannian swiped to answer the call, she didn't even get the word "Mom" out before Zhang Wenyan's assertive voice came through the phone.

"Xiang Niannian! Where the hell have you been?!"

"You said you weren't coming back for the New Year, and you didn't even send any money back. Or did you go to the south of the city and drift here?"

"Don't forget, I'm your mother! It doesn't matter whether you come back or not, as long as you get the money."

"What's the use of a girl studying so much? She'll just end up in someone else's family anyway!"

"Or are you hooking up with a rich guy outside and trying to ditch us, even abandoning your own parents! Let me tell you, if you dare do that, I'll crawl over there and break your legs. If he really is a rich guy, bring him back to me!"

"...Did you hear me?!"

Listen to this! Is this something a mother should say?

Xiang Niannian gripped her phone tighter and tighter.

Therefore, disappointment doesn't come suddenly, but accumulates little by little.

"Xiang Niannian, did you hear me?!"

Zhang Wenyan didn't hear Xiang Niannian's reply, so she shouted loudly again, causing the driver in front to tremble involuntarily.

"I have no money, and I haven't seduced anyone."

Xiang Niannian looked out the window at the passing cars, bravely holding back the tears that threatened to fall.

"No money? What are you doing every day?! Let me tell you, your younger brother still needs to go to school, get married, buy a house and a car. You better make him proud!"

What if I say no?

She asked Niannian this question casually.

The other person might have been startled and didn't hear a sound.

But then, the next second, an enraged voice rang out: "Xiang Niannian! I think you've gone too far! You said you didn't have a man? How many days have you been gone! You've already learned to talk back. Listen to me, I will always be your mother, and you will always be my daughter. I brought you into this world!"

Before Xiang Niannian could reply, Zhang Wenyan hung up the phone.

Meanwhile, in a house in a certain residential area in the northern part of the city.

Xiang Yuan looked at Zhang Wenyan, who had just hung up the phone, his eyes deep, and said in a low voice, "She's still a student, where would she get the money? Let her be."

"Xiang Yuan, are you going to rebel too?! I know she has no money, I'm just saying this, otherwise she might run off with a man one day. Besides, how do you know she has no money? Now she's even learning to defy me, she probably met some rich man in Nancheng."

Zhang Wenyan was still furious, standing with her hands on her hips, cursing. She felt no remorse whatsoever, and she never considered how painful it would be for her daughter to hear her own mother speak like that.

She was still a young girl far from home.

Xiang Yuan choked, unsure how to resist Zhang Wenyan. He glanced at Xiang Haohao, who was engrossed in playing the game, sighed, and shook his head.

Thinking this through, Zhang Wenyan felt that her idea made perfect sense. She paced back and forth in the house, then suddenly called out, looking at Xiang Yuan: "Xiang Yuan, which university does Xiang Niannian go to study at in Nancheng?"

"What are you trying to do? Can't you just shut up?"

"I think I need to find some time to check if she's seeing another man. What if she ends up dating a penniless guy?"

"..." Xiang Yuan.

In the end, Xiang Yuan didn't tell Zhang Wenyan, and he also pretended not to know which school Xiang Niannian was in.

As a mother, I don't know where my child's school is.

South City.

Xiang Niannian looked at the phone that had been hung up, but didn't react much, and casually put her phone away.

I wiped away the tears from the corners of my eyes and looked out the window until the car stopped.

Just as she was about to pay, she heard the driver say, "Child, you don't need to pay. I'll give you a free ride. Keep the money and buy yourself a bowl of noodles with lots of meat. Consider it my treat."

Just as Xiang Niannian was about to refuse, she heard the driver say, "Child, don't be disappointed. You still have a vast sky to soar in. Believe in yourself."

After getting off the bus, Xiang Niannian finally couldn't hold back her tears and they fell.

Why is everyone around her concerned about her, even a stranger can do that, but her own family can't?

Is this something to be hoped for? No, it's just that they don't love you.

After returning home, Xiang Niannian turned off her phone, didn't eat anything, didn't turn on the lights, and went straight to sleep.

Her face was covered in tears when she closed her eyes, and she even slept curled up, tightly hugging her body.

It is said that this is the most common sleeping posture for people who lack a sense of security.

Even as the moonlight streamed through the window into her face, illuminating the tear tracks, it cast a faint glow. From time to time, even in her sleep, she would unconsciously sob, making her look utterly pitiful.

Under the moonlight shining on the roadside, Su Chuanlin went to the company after leaving the hospital, and after finishing his work, he came to the building where he rented a room.

Sitting in the driver's seat, his arm resting on the open car window, he scrolled through his phone messages. He hadn't replied to a single message from the person whose contact was saved as "Little Rabbit."

Looking up, he saw that the room lights were off, so Su Chuanlin assumed she hadn't returned and kept waiting.

P.S.: There will always be someone in this world who cares about you and cherishes you. Even if there isn't, what does it matter? As long as you don't give up on yourself, a vast sky awaits you to soar freely.